William Benjamin Jackson, American engineer Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (manager 1912-1915.
Background
Jackson, William Benjamin was born on June 23, 1870 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Professor Josiah and Mary Detweiler (Price) J.: Bachelor of Science in Mechanics Engineering, Pennsylvania State College, 1890, Mechanical Engineering, 1895.
Education
John West. In banking business, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1890-1893. In charge Pennsylvania mining exhibit, Chicago Exposition, 1893. With United Electric Light & Power Company, New York, then assistant to chief engineer Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1894-1895, and engineer for the Northwest, at Chicago, for same, 1895-1896.
Manager Lowell Water & Light Company, and Peninsular Light, Power & Heat Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1896-1897.
Chief engineer and general superintendent New York&Staten Island Electric Company, and consulting engineer Staten Island Electric Railway Company, 1897-1899. Chief engineer and general superintendent Colorado Electric Power Company, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1899-1901.
Special engineer Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company, including services in England, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, 1901-1902. Member engineering firm of Doctorate. C. & William
B. Jackson, 1902-1918.
Rate engineer and consultant New York Edison Company and New York Edison Company, Incorporated., since 1919. Major United States Army, officer in charge of utilities and constructing quartermaster, Camp Merritt, New Jersey, during 1918. Lieutenant colonel Engineer R.C.U.S.A.
Career
Chief engr; chief engineer
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (manager 1912-1915.
Connections
Married Isabel Morrison West, September 3, 1903. Children: Isabel Morrison, Josiah Kennett, Mary Price.